Johnny Reeferseed & The High Rollers
Des Moines, Iowa, United States
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After an exciting weekend of 2009 American Marijuana Music Awards winner celebrations, Johnny Reeferseed and the High Rollers won the main prize of Song of Year with Stash favorite, ‘Brother Can You Spare A Dime?’
We’ll be hearing the Song of Year today. Over the next 2 weeks we’ll hear all the great 2009 AMMA winning songs!
2009 AMMA winners were announced last Saturday at the Chicago Peace Fest and for those who couldn’t make it, you can hear the winners being announced by heavyweights such as Eddy Lepp, Marc Emery and Keith Stroup on the 2009 AMMA Winner’s Show at Time4Hemp.com.
Today’s song also won 2009 American MMA Best Pop Song.
Congratulations to Johnny Reeferseed and The High Rollers for their double win this year, following their win with Best Funk in 2008.
Keep updated about the award winning band, Johnny Reeferseed and The High Rollers at myspace.com/jrshighrollers.
Enjoy 2009 American MMA Song of Year and Best Pop Song, ‘Brother Can You Spare A Dime?’ by Johnny Reeferseed and The High Rollers! - NORML Daily Audio Stash
The Toker Tune from the MMA being played today is ‘Light Em Up’ by Johnny Reefereseed and the High Rollers, which was first played on the Stash last June. Since June, the song has walked away with the Marijuana Music Awards Best Funk Song in the 2008 Global MMA event! Their win was announced at the joint GMMA/ Texas NORML Smokeout event in Austin.
Johnny Reeferseed says this song, Light Em Up, is about “the typical day of a stoner – whatever happens, light one up!”. Stasher, RevRayGreen, told us “Light Em Up” was recorded in a top recording studio in Iowa.
This groovin funk track features Afroman, a good friend of Johnny Reeferseed and an underground cult hero. Johnny Reeferseed first met up with Afroman a good while back, after hearing Afroman rap his agent’s number on stage. They connected the next day and the rest is history.
Johnny Reeferseed and the High Rollers were started for fun at first, believing they’d have trouble getting bookings because of their name. However they did get bookings, found themselves becoming increasingly popular and are now a really great band! They have a new CD coming out this year.
For the latest news of Johnny Reeferseed and the High Rollers, visit their myspace at myspace.com/jrshighrollers . Enjoy this classic song from Johnny Reeferseed and the High Rollers featuring Afroman, Light Em Up! - NORML Daily Audio Stash
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"Light 'Em Up" feat. Afroman &
"Brother Can You Spare A Dime"
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Three time Marijuana Music Award Winners, Johnny Reeferseed & The High Rollers, have been smoking up stages across the Midwest with their raucous and unruly live rock n roll shows since they were founded by frontman and guitar player, Johnny Reeferseed, in early 2006.
With their own brand of rock n roll, funk, country, and reggae they refer to as Red Eyed Soul, The High Rollers are helping spread the good word about cannabis with humorous but true to life lyrics, infectious hooks, and irresistible grooves.
After winning the Global Marijuana Music Award for Best Funk Song of 2008 with "Light 'Em Up" featuring none other than America's #1 marijuana rapper, Afroman, The High Rollers followed it up in 2009 by winning the American Marijuana Music Award's Best Pop Song and Song of the Year for "Brother Can You Spare A Dime", a catchy little ditty about hard times without reefer.
Johnny Reeferseed & The High Rollers are currently working on finishing up their upcoming full-length album. In the meantime "Light 'Em Up" and "Brother Can You Spare A Dime" are available on iTunes and CD Baby.
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